- Creator:
- William Bartram, 1739–1823, British
- Title:
- The Soft Shell'd Tortoise Got in Savanah River Georgia
- Date:
- ca. 1773
- Materials & Techniques:
- Gray wash, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 3 3/8 x 4 15/16 inches (8.6 x 12.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Inscribed in artist's hand in pen and black ink lower left to right: "soft shell'd Tortoise got in Savanah River Georgia"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Ryskamp
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2010.2.1
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | tortoise | natural history
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:62354